Southern Barbarian (Nanbanjin) Boat

Nanban fune zu byôbu
南蛮船図屏風

Formerly attributed to: Kano school (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

17th century

Medium/Technique Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold-leafed paper

Dimensions Image: 140 x 173.4cm (55 1/8 x 68 1/4in.)
Overall: 154.9 × 188.6 × 1.6 cm (61 × 74 1/4 × 5/8 in.)

Credit Line John Ware Willard Fund

Accession Number49.3

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. VII (Early Kano & Momoyama ptg.), no. 90

Provenance1949, sold by William James (b. 1882 - d. 1962), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 13, 1949)